Understanding gene editing with comic book figures Humanity is currently facing a huge challenge imposed by the Coronavirus. Borders are being shut down, planes grounded, and factories closed. At the
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The current international health crisis could lead to a much-welcomed fall in global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, however, while a boon for the climate in the short-term, the slowdown in
Interview with Professor Philippe Legrand: “Not all French experts agree on Nutriscore”
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TheEuropeanScientist: In your book Coup de pied dans le plat (“Putting the boot into nutrition”), you define what a healthy diet consists of. Can you tell us more? Professor Philippe
Over the past few months, the novel coronavirus has spread rapidly to over 100 countries and it now seems clear that it will likely spread to all counties on the
For the first time, scientists at the Casey Eye Institute at the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) in Portland in the US have used CRISPR gene editing directly inside
On average, females of a species tend to outlive males, which was previously attributed to differences in behaviours and physical traits. But the reason for this lifespan disparity may be
For the first time, scientists have established a direct link between ‘bad’ microbes in the human gut and cancer development, according to a new paper published on 27 February in
SARS-CoV-2, the new severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), caused by the 2019 coronavirus (COVID-19), isolated for the first time in Wuhan in China in December 2019, continues to wreak havoc,
While Nutri-Score is the French government’s candidate for a long-awaited front-of-package (FOP) labelling system that the EU one day hopes to implement across its territory, it is far from the
The first ‘cell atlas’ of the human thymus gland, presented in a new paper published on 21 February in Science (1), will help researchers understand how the immune system changes